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, );
• smartly trim, as clothing; He was a seedy little man, who always wore the
same dusty charcoal-grey suit and a brown trilby far too jaunty for a man his
age. — Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine;
• (taut)- in good order or condition; tidy; neat; His belt fitted trim and taut,
and was polished as his boot-tops;— Waring's Peril;
• tightly drawn; tense; not slack, ( , );
• (natty)- neatly or trimly smart in dress or appearance; spruce, ( ;
); He still looked natty, still wearing a blazer that seemed to have been
tailored by the gods, but the rest of him looked strangely unruly. — Just One
Look;
• (modish)- in the current fashion; stylish, ( ; ); To wear
a weapon with intent to use is one thing, to buckle it on as a mere trivial,
harmless, modish ornament and gewgaw is quite another!— Lewis Rand;
• (vogue)- something in fashion, as at a particular time, ( ); There
were two systems of arrangement in vogue, the causal and defining_. —
History of Rationalism Embracing a Survey of the Present State of Protestant
Theology;
• (trend)- a general tendency or inclination;
jaunt jaunty {debonair}
• (jaunt)- a short journey, esp. one taken for pleasure, ( ); In
short, this jaunt is as simple as all the rest of her actions have been hardy. —
The Letters of Horace Walpole, Earl of Orford — Volume 1;
• (debonair)- courteous, gracious, and having a sophisticated charm, ( ;
; ); But I stood as a debonair soldier should, and I could
not but reflect how much credit I was bringing upon the Hussars of Conflans
by the dignity of my bearing. — Adventures Of Gerard;
preen = primp = plume
• (preen)- (of animals, esp. birds) to trim or dress (feathers, fur, etc.) with
the beak or tongue, (( ) );
• to dress (oneself) carefully or smartly; primp,(( )
); When birds preen, they consume the oil stuck on their feathers;
• to pride (oneself) on an achievement, personal quality, etc., ( ;
);
• (primp)- to groom oneself carefully, ( ; );
Still, she primped and posed some more with variations to her uniform,